David Bowie, Photo by Renaud Monfourny.

DAVID BOWIE is unarguably fashion’s king of self-invention. Mod teenager, hippy with dishevelled curls, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Thin White Duke – Bowie has changed his style more dramatically than any other musician in history.

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